A Perilous Cargo (1913)
Jack Arnold, captain of the "Flying Dutchman," a schooner, is betrothed to Lorrie, the daughter of the lighthouse keeper. Several unprofitable voyages in succession have left Jack high and dry on the financial rocks and he and Lorrie decide that they must wait at least two years before they can marry. Fate, however, decreed otherwise, and sent two Central American revolutionists in search of a ship that would land a cargo of powder at an obscure port near the isthmus. Jack, with the usual impetuosity of a sailorman in love, accepted the commission, with the proviso that he be paid five thousand dollars the moment the cargo was landed aboard the "Flying Dutchman." Lorrie warned him against the undertaking, and vowed she would rather wait ten years than to have him embark in such an undertaking, but Jack had given his word and left her to load for the voyage. With the five thousand dollars in his pocket and a fair wind Jack sailed out of the harbor on the long journey to the tropics. Just outside the harbor a tired sailor fell asleep with a lighted pipe in his hand and the forecastle was soon in a blaze. With such a cargo aboard, pandemonium soon reigned. Jack started the men to casting the powder kegs overboard, but as they saw the fire eating its way nearer to the perilous cargo, one of them felled Jack to the deck and they took to the only boat, leaving him unconscious and with no apparent chance of rescue. But Lorrie, in the lighthouse, taking a last look at her lover's departing ship, saw the smoke and realized the danger. Jack had headed the boat ashore near the lighthouse and Lorrie arrived on the beach just as the deserters did. Quickly jumping into a rowboat, she reached the now beached boat, searched the blazing ship and revived Jack just in time to save them both from the terrific explosion which blew the boat to pieces.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Harold M. Shaw | Director |
| James Oppenheim | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Walter Edwin | |
| Herbert Prior | |
| John Sturgeon | |
| Edna Flugrath |
